Electrically-heated garment presser



B. W. MACY.

ELECTRICALLY HEATQD GARMENT PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1921.

Patented June 27, 1922.

WITNESSES INVENTOB A TTORNEYS UNITED sures PATENT oral-cs.

BARNETT WRIGHT KACY, OI JACKSONVIIIIJ, ILOBIDA, ASSIGNOB/I BY IESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ELECTRIC HEATING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF rnon'ma.

ELECTBIGALtY-HEALTED GARMENT PRESSER.

Patented June 27, 1922.

Application'flled February 16, 1921. Serial No. 446,507.

To all whom it may cancermfl Be it known that I, BARNETT WRIGHT Macy, a, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jacksonville, in the county of Duvall and State of Flo'rida,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrically-Heated Garment Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

Thisvinvention relates to electrically heated garment pressers-especially adapted for use in presslng cufi's, neck bands, yokes, bosoms and the like.

An important object of the invention is to provide an electrically heated press wherein the heating element is submerged in a body of oil which is heated by the heating element and which in turn heats thebody of the iron.

A further object of the invention resides in the electrically heated iron having an oil containingheating chamber provided with 'novel means whereby the excess. pressure may be relieved.

Another ob ect of the invention is to provide an electrically heated iron having means for supplying the garment with a uniform degree ofvheat so that the garment will not be scorched or burned 2 part of this application and in which like Other ob'ects and advantages of the invention willbe a parent during the course of'the following escn'ption.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a numerals are employed todesignate like parts throughout the same, v

Figure 1 1s a perspective of the improved garment press. .1 3

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse/sectional view through the same.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view through the heating element.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 generally designates the improved press which has its garment contact surface 6 arched or arranged in \r-shaped formation.

With reference to Figure 2 it will be ob served that the body or iron is formed with a compartment 7 within which a quantity of oil is arranged. The body of the-press- 1S provided with a closure plate 8 'rig1dly secured to the upper side of the same by means of fastenlng devices in the nature of screw bolts 10-. The fastening devices 10 provide an air tight connection between the side walls of the compartment 7 and the ends by a post 14 which is threaded into an insulating block 15 imbedded in the closure plate 8. By reason of the insulating block 15, the post 14 is effectively insulated from the closure plate 8.

The terminals of the heating elements 12 are connected to conductor wires lfiwhich are extended through insulating blocks 17 in the cover and having connection with a suitable source of energy.

In the use of improved iron, the coil 12 is energized for uniformly heating the oil, whereby a uniform heat is the garments as they are presse When the pressure within the compartment 7 rises app d t 1 beyond a predetermined point as a result of i energizing the coils 12 excess pressure may be relieved by meansof a valve 19.

.In carrying out theinvention, any suit-. able means such as a emfiloyed for 'supportlng the device. f

,aving thus fully described the invention, what I claim as newand desire t0 sep cure'by Letters Patent is 1. An electric ironcomprising a body' having a compartment and a garment con tact surface, a heating element arranged a in spaced relation to the garment contact surface, a bar supporting the heating'ele ment, and a post connected to the bar and secured to said body.

' 2. An electric iron comprising a body having a compartment and a garment contact surface, a heating element arranged in spaced rel'ation to the garmggit contact :sur-

h ating'element, a post connected to the bar and'se'cured-to 'saidbody', and a reliefvalve having com- I ,munication with said compartment: 5

1 3RAIL'BlGOtI'lO iron comprising a body having a V-shaped garment contact surface and an oilcontainin compartment, a heat ing element...arrange Q within said compartment in spaced'relation to said garment conair of ears 22 may be tact surface, a V-shaped bar supporting said eating element, a post carried by said body and secured to the intermediate portion of said bar, and means to relieve pressure in said compartment. v

4[ An electric iron comprising a body having a V-shaped compartment adapted for the reception of'a liquid, a heating elemnt arranged within said compartment, and means to support said heating element.

' 5. An electric iron comprising a body chamber, and a heating element also in said chamber immersed in said liquid, whereby said liquid is employed to transmit the heat from the heating element to the'walls of the iron and serves to create a reserve body of heat to maintain a uniform temperature of the ironing surface.

8. An electric iron' comprising a body formed with an interior chamber and an outside ironing surface, a liquid .in said chamber, and a heating element also in said chamber whereby said liquid is employed to transmit the heat from the heating element to the Walls of the iron and serves to create a reserve body of heat to maintain a uniform temperature ofthe ironing surface. 9. An electric iron having a body formed with an interior chamber and an outer ironing surface, a body of oil in said chamber, aheating coil immersed in said oil and formed from material having relatively low resistance whereby carbonizationof the oil is prevented, substantiall as set forth.

BARNETT W IGHT 'MACY. 

